Fifty grams of plutonium-238 — the stuff that powers many deep-space missions, such as the New Horizons mission to Pluto … More

In a decidedly wintry-looking scene, frost-filled fractures fills a crater near the north pole of Mars — as observed by … More

NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra and British spaceflyer Tim Peake have beamed home a special New Year’s video … More

The word from Russia is that the country wants to send monkeys to the Red Planet by 2017. But waving … More

This year’s 14 lunar apogees (far moons) and 13 lunar perigees (near moons). We also share a secret with you … More

The Dawn mission is developing humankind’s most intimate portrait ever of a dwarf planet. Mission Director and Chief Engineer Marc … More

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Hold out your hand for a century, and 100 million particles of dark matter will pass through each second without … More